Butt Tingle

Home to Richfield to home to Weber Canyon to home to Boise to home.  Driving is the pits!  20+ hours in the car is not my idea of a good time, especially when it involves three kids and a pregnant me.  My salvation is this very laptop on which I am typing.

What in the blamin' bleep did people do before in-car movies!?  I spent a few minutes last night transferring about a dozen movies from our external hard drive onto my computer through the magic of wireless magic.  Stick the lappy on the lap of the eldest, most responsible child, and BLAM!  I barely hear a peep from them.  Eldest child knows how to start a new movie on her own, and toddler generally falls asleep in minutes.

To make matters better, our sweet minivan (Honda Odyssey, get one, love one) can turn the rear speakers off so Dylan and I can listen to an audio book up front while the kids rock a movie in the back.  It's like the mullet of traveling.  You know, business up front, party in the back. 

So even with numb buns, gas station restrooms, pretzel debris, and rock chips, we're surviving.  Seeing our friends, family, and beautiful places on God's great earth make it all worth it.

PS  BEST TRAVEL BED EVER!!!  Dylan and I are super picky about our sleeping arrangements.  Everywhere we go, we take 2 twin size air mattresses and a big king size memory foam mattress topper.  The two twins are brilliant.  When he rolls over, I can't feel a thing!  It's soft and comfy and we don't end up with our butts on the floor in an air mattress taco.  And, hello - king size!  Trust me, it's pure genius.